Hilvarenbeek () is a municipality and a town in the south of the Netherlands, along the border with Belgium.

The biggest tourist attraction is called Beekse Bergen, consisting of a safari park, amusement park/playground, holiday bungalow park, and camping parks.

In the centre of the town the Sint-Petrus'-Banden is a Gothic church from the 14th and 15th centuries. The tower is a highlight of the Kempen Gothic.

Population centres

The municipality of Hilvarenbeek also includes the following villages with their own churches:

In addition, the following parts were historically separate, but are nowadays more like neighbourhoods:

Topography

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Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Hilvarenbeek, June 2015.

Notable people

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  • Johannes Goropius Becanus (1519 in Gorp – 1573) physician, linguist, and humanist
  • Martinus Becanus (1563 in Hilvarenbeek – 1624) a Jesuit priest, theologian and controversialist.
  • Jacques Thomassen (born 1945 in Diessen) organizational theorist and academic
  • Henny Vrienten (born 1948 in Hilvarenbeek – 2022) pop artist (Doe Maar) and composer of TV and film scores
  • Annie Abrahams (born 1954 in Hilvarenbeek) performance artist in video installations and the internet
  • Henk Baars (born 1960 in Diessen) cyclo-cross cyclist
  • Ronald van Raak (born 1969 in Hilvarenbeek) politician, non-fiction writer and former academic

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File:Hilvarenbeek - Vrijthof 28 - St. Petrus-Bandenkerk.jpg|Hilvarenbeek, St. Petrus-Bandenkerk

File:.. - panoramio (240).jpg|Zicht op de Sint-Petrus' Bandenkerk (Hilvarenbeek)

File:Midden-Brabant.jpg|Midden-Brabant

File:Achtbaan.jpg|Rollercoaster at De Beekse Bergen (1986)

File:Esbeek, standbeeld van baron Edward Remy in de tuin van Huize Rustoord MG 7548 2020-09-14 15.40.jpg|Statue in Esbeek

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References

  • Official website